IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING

James and MaryBeth met through the dating app Bumble. They first started talking when MaryBeth was in Las Vegas for her cousins' 21st birthdays and made plans to meet up after she got back in town. A few days later on March 15th they met at Sasha's Wine Bar on Shaw. One of the first things James said to MaryBeth was he wouldn't have blamed her if she had cancelled since she was post-call that day. After a few drinks and a great conversation, MaryBeth picked up the tab while James was in the bathroom so that he would have to take her out again. Shout out to Casey Lambert who had a dream the first night of that trip that MaryBeth was going to meet someone while they were in Vegas. MaryBeth laughed at her at the time, but it turns out, she was right!

MaryBeth and James were on Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, WI for the weekend to celebrate the wedding of MaryBeth's friend Heather. Before they left on Sunday morning, James suggested they go out lakeside as a storm was blowing in which was causing some giant waves to crash against the pier and the jetty. Once out there he pulled her close (which an oblivious MaryBeth assumed was just because she was cold) before dropping to one knee and popping the question. In her shock and excitement, it turns out MaryBeth never actually said "yes" but she did put on the ring which they're both interpreting as an affirmative answer.